Stories for February 2nd 2021

Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:42 UTC
Falklands receives first batch of 3,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine

The Falkland Islands Government has welcomed the delivery of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday 1 February 2021. Upon arrival the vaccines were carefully offloaded from the South Atlantic Airbridge and were transported by road to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, where they were immediately taken to refrigeration units within the hospital.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:41 UTC
Falkland Islands' vaccination rollout begins 8 February on a priority list

The Falkland Islands' Executive Council on Monday afternoon approved plans for the Falkland Islands Covid-19 vaccination rollout. The two-phased approach has been developed by KEMH and largely follows the approach recommended by the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and immunization (JCVI), with minor adjustments to suit local circumstances.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Uruguayan president will share lunch with Bolsonaro in Brasilia on Wednesday

Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou will be flying to Brasilia on Wednesday to share an informal lunch with his peer Jair Bolsonaro, his first overseas trip since taking office, but also a clear balancing act of the country's foreign policy regarding its two huge neighbors.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:38 UTC
Lufthansa lands in Falklands with scientists; returns to Germany on Wednesday

Lufthansa’s longest flight ever has landed in the Falkland Islands. The aircraft departed Hamburg at 21:23 on Sunday, landing at Mount Pleasant Complex at 09:00. The flight, which is also the longest flight to have departed Hamburg, clocked in at 15 hours and 36 minutes.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:28 UTC
Pfizer-BioNtech promises 75 million more vaccines to EU in 2021 second quarter

BioNtech-Pfizer has promised to deliver up to 75 million more coronavirus vaccine doses to the EU in the second quarter of 2021, the company's head Sierk Poetting said in a statement on Monday.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:27 UTC
Discards are a general practice consented by Argentine fisheries authorities, claims Puerto magazine

The Argentine magazine Puerto, which specializes in reporting on fisheries and ports exposed a video from a trawler crewmember in which it shows tons of hake discards dumped back into the sea, which is in violation of Argentine law and rules.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:16 UTC
Brazilian teamsters strike to protest fuel prices fizzles out

Brazil independent truckers strike got off on Monday to a weak start because of internal divisions on how to protest fuel prices. The government said traffic was flowing freely on all of the country's highways far from fears of a repeat of the 2018 protest that disrupted food and fuel supplies.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Coronavirus upshot: German beer sales down

Beer sales within Germany were down 5.5% in 2020 compared with the year before amid coronavirus pandemic restrictions the Federal Statistical Office has said. In total, German-based breweries and distributors sold 8.7 billion liters (2.3 billion gallons), according to official figures.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:11 UTC
Falklands Latam's links to Chile and Brazil suspended until June

The Falkland Islands Government can confirm that commercial air links with both Chile and Brazil will remain suspended for a further three months until 29 June 2021.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:10 UTC
UK will formally apply to join the Trans Pacific Partnership

The United Kingdom will formally apply to join one of the world’s largest free-trade areas, deepening trade ties with some of the fastest-growing markets in the world. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will speak to ministers in Japan and New Zealand to request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), with formal negotiations set to start this year.